Articles by Vance Hanson

Just a Touch has run fast enough during his start-and-stop career to have been a stakes winner by now, perhaps multiple times over.
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Chip Honcho will have to overcome a more challenging post position if he's to follow up his win in last month's Gun Runner S. in the $250,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday.
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Trainer Bob Baffert will again be heavily favored to win the $200,000 San Vicente (G2) at Santa Anita on Saturday, as he saddles two leading contenders.
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My World made it 2-for-2 in stakes company in the $139,500 Jerome S. on Saturday.
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Brad Cox relies solely on two-time winner Rancho Santa Fe in the 1 1/16-mile Smarty Jones, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep.
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Balboa will be a vastly lower price in the $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep.
Read ArticleWhat the American Oaks lacks in star power, it makes up for as a seemingly competitive betting race.
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The long Fair Grounds stretch ultimately worked in favor of Chip Honcho in the $100,000 Gun Runner S., run under the lights early Saturday night at the New Orleans track.
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Skippylongstocking added to his long list of stakes wins on Saturday with a head victory over 3-2 favorite Poster in the $150,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
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Veteran performer Skippylongstocking returns to action for the first time in nearly four months on Saturday in the $150,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3).
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Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's record-extending 15th win in the $200,500 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Saturday came courtesy of Litmus Test.
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Consequent provided Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert with his ninth consecutive victory, and 12th overall, in the $200,000 Starlet (G2) at Los Alamitos on Saturday.
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Bishops Bay added to an already eventful year for himself with a come-from-behind win in the $500,000 Cigar Mile H. (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday.
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Like most graded stakes for two-year-olds on the Southern California circuit, the $200,000 Starlet (G2) has been the domain of horses trained by Bob Baffert.
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Talkin enters the $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday with the benefit of having faced some of the better colts of his generation.
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Bella Ballerina, a Street Sense half-sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner and champion three-year-old filly Pretty Mischievous, is on the road to the 2026 Oaks herself after a half-length victory Saturday in the $397,375 Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs.
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The parallels between Magnitude and Gun Runner became more pronounced after the former's hard-fought win Friday in the $595,000 Clark (G2) at Churchill Downs.
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If Further Ado is as good as he advertised when graduating third out at Keeneland last month, he'll be tough to beat Saturday in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs.
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Del Mar's annual fall turf festival kicks off Friday with the Hollywood Turf Cup (G2), but really picks up steam Saturday with a trio of graded stakes headed by the $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1).
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The $600,000 Clark (G2) at Churchill Downs surely looks like a race Hit Show is capable of winning.
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